Past Wales Events Listings – 2022
JULY
Friday 8th– Saturday 27th August: The Lion King, Donald Gordon Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
AUGUST
Thursday 11th: Barry Town Council Family Fun Day, Central Park, Barry (10am-3pm)
Friday 12th-Sunday 14th: Brecon Jazz Festival
Saturday 13th: FIM Speedway GP, Principality Stadium, Cardiff (3.30pm) MORE…
Saturday 13th: Carmarthen Vintage, Antique & Makers Market
Sunday 14th: Swansea Classic Bike Show, Swansea Bus Museum & Transport Heritage Centre (10.30am-3.30pm)
Saturday 20th: North Wales Beach Fest 2022, Rhyl
Friday 26th, Saturday 27th: Jurassic Live, Swansea Arena MORE…
Friday 26th-Sunday 28th: Hub Festival 2022, Womanby Street, Cardiff
SEPTEMBER
Saturday 3rd: WWE ‘Clash at the Castle’, Principality Stadium, Cardiff (4pm) MORE…
Saturday 3rd-Sunday 4th: Professor Brian Cox – Horizons: A 21st Century Space Odyssey, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Thursday 8th-Saturday 10th: Friendsical, New Theatre, Cardiff
Friday 9th: Machine Head & Amon Amarth – The Vikings & Lionhearts Tour 2022, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Friday 9th: Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited, Swansea Arena
Saturday 10th: Omid Djalili – The Good Times Tour, Swansea Grand Theatre
Sunday 11th-Monday 12th: Joe Lycett: More, More, More! How Do You Lycett? How Do You Lycett?, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Monday 12th: John Hartson, Neon Newport
Monday 12th-Saturday 17th: The Boy With Two Hearts, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Tuesday 13th-Saturday 17th: Saturday Night Fever, New Theatre, Cardiff
Friday 16th, Thursday 23rd + Wednesday 28th: Welsh National Opera, The Makropulos Affair, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Monday 19th-Saturday 24th: Stepping Out, New Theatre, Cardiff
Thursday 22nd: Jo Brand Live, Swansea Grand Theatre
Friday 23rd: The Official RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series Three Tour, Swansea Arena
Friday 23rd-Sunday 25th: Brecon Beacons Dark Sky Festival 2022
Saturday 24th: The Official Rupaul’s Drag Race UK Series Three Tour, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Sunday 25th: Ne-Yo, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Sunday 25th: Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow Live, New Theatre, Cardiff
Sunday 25th: Nations League football, Wales v Poland, Cardiff City Stadium (7.45pm)
Sunday 25th + Tuesday 27th, Wednesday 5th + Thursday 6th October: Welsh National Opera: La Bohome, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Tuesday 27th-Saturday 1st October: Bat Out Of Hell, New Theatre, Cardiff
Wednesday 28th: Cardiff Clash of the Unis | Cardiff Freshers 2022, Cardiff University (10pm-4am)
Friday 30th: 90s Baby Pop Winter Tour, Swansea Arena
OCTOBER
Sunday 2nd: Welsh National Opera: Migrations, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Sunday 2nd: Cardiff Half Marathon
Tuesday 4th-Saturday 8th: The Osmonds – A New Musical, New Theatre, Cardiff
Thursday 6th-Saturday 8th: Carmarthen Beer Festival, St Peters Civic Hall, Carmarthen
Saturday 8th: Jason Manford: Like Me, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Sunday 9th: An Evening with Graham Norton, New Theatre, Cardiff
Sunday 9th: WNO Youth Opera: Cherry Town, Moscow, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Monday 10th: The Four Tops & The Temptations, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Tuesday 11th-Saturday 15th: South Pacific, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Tuesday 11th-Saturday 15th: When Darkness Falls, New Theatre, Cardiff
Wednesday 12th: Ed Gamble Electric, Swansea Grand Theatre
Thursday 13th: The Pundits, an evening with Jeff Stelling, Paul Merson, Matt Le Tissier, Phil Thompson & Charlie Nicholas, Swansea Grand Theatre
Thursday 13th-Friday 14th: Kevin Bridges: The Overdue Catch-up, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Friday 14th: Alan Carr, ‘Regional Trinket’, Swansea Arena
Saturday 15th: Harlem Globetrotters – Spread Game Tour, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Saturday 15th: Kevin Bridges, ‘The Overdue Catch-up’, Swansea Arena
Monday 17th: Billy Idol & Television, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Tuesday 18th-Saturday 22nd: The Color Purple, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Friday 21st-Saturday 22nd: Welsh National Opera: The Shoemaker, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Monday 24th: Corey Taylor, plus Cherry Bombs, Swansea Arena
Monday 31st: Sugababes, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
NOVEMBER
Wednesday 2nd: Kaiser Chiefs, plus The Fratellis & The Sherlocks, Swansea Arena
Wednesday 2nd-Saturday 5th: Demon Dentist, Swansea Grand Theatre
Saturday 5th: Autumn Nations Series rugby union, Wales v New Zealand, Principality Stadium, Cardiff (3.15pm)
Sunday, 6th: An Evening with Warren Gatland CBE, Swansea Grand Theatre
Wednesday 9th: Level 42, Swansea Arena
Thursday 10th: Will Young, Swansea Arena
Thursday 10th-Saturday 12th: Nativity! The Musical, Swansea Grand Theatre
Saturday 12th: Autumn Nations Series rugby union, Wales v Argentina, Principality Stadium, Cardiff (5.30pm)
Thursday 17th: Squeeze & special guest Dr John Cooper Clarke, Swansea Arena
Saturday 19th: Autumn Nations Series rugby union, Wales v Georgia, Principality Stadium, Cardiff (1pm)
Saturday 19th: The Magical Music of Harry Potter, Swansea Grand Theatre
Thursday 24th: The Drifters, Swansea Grand Theatre
Saturday 26th: Autumn Nations Series rugby union, Wales v Australia, Principality Stadium, Cardiff (3.15pm)
Saturday 26th-Saturday 31st December: Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
Monday 28th-Saturday 31st December: Goldilocks/Elen Benfelen, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
Wednesday 30th-Saturday 3rd December: Shrek The Musical, Swansea Grand Theatre
DECEMBER
Monday 5th: Rick Wakeman’s Grumpy Christmas Stocking Tour, Swansea Grand Theatre
Thursday 8th-Saturday 31st: The Lion, The B!tch and The Wardrobe, Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Saturday 10th-Saturday 31st: Beauty and the Beast, pantomime, Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Saturday 10th-Sunday 8th January: Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, the pantomime, New Theatre, Cardiff
Tuesday 13th-Saturday 14th January: Les Miserables, Donald Gordon Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Wednesday 14th-Sunday, 15th January: Beauty and the Beast, the pantomime, Swansea Grand Theatre
Saturday 17th-Sunday 8th January: Jack And The Beanstalk, pantomime, Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl
Monday 19th-Saturday 24th: The Nutcracker, Varna International Ballet & Orchestra, St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Monday 19th-Saturday 31st: Sleeping Beauty, pantomime, Torch Theatre, Milford Haven
Wednesday, 21st-Sunday, 15th January: Beauty and the Beast, pantomime, Swansea Grand Theatre
Saturday 24th, Tuesday 27th, Wednesday 28th: Cardigan Theatre Panto: Aladdin, Theatre Mwldan, Cardigan
Tuesday 27th-Wednesday 28th: Elf – live arena spectacular, Cardiff International Arena
Tuesday 27th- Saturday 31st: Swan Lake, Varna International Ballet & Orchestra, St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Wednesday 28th-Monday 2nd January: Treasure Island, pantomime, Savoy Theatre, Monmouth